Combined jack and shifting truck for vehicles



J. JKCH GOMBINED JACK AND SHIFTING TRUCK FQR VEHICLES muewfo'a:

Filed April 5, 192

Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

JOHN JOKISCH, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

COMBINED JACK AND SHIFTL'G TRUCK FOR VEHICLES..

Application led April 3,

To cl2 whom it muy concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN J unison, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combiuerh, Jacks and Shifting Trucksafor Vehicles, of which the following is a specilieatiom'reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combined jack and shifting truck for vehicles, particularly automobiles. u

The primary object of my invention is to furnish the chassis ot' an automobile with a onrfwheel jack that will permit of the automobile being bodily raised to remove its wheels from the ground.

Another object of this invention is to furnish an automobile chassis with an auxiliary running gear by which an automobile may be moved sidewise. Such a running gear will permit of the automobile being easily parked or placed in a. space in which it could not be otherwise conveniently placed.

it.` further object of this invention is to furnish an automobile with auxiliary front and rear trucks which-may be driven in synehronism from the power plant' of the automobile or the trucks individually operated for swinging either end of the automobile in a desired direction.

A further object of this invention is to rovide an automobile with an auxiliary foldable wheel which when unfolded and turned is adapted to raise a portion of the automobile and permit of such portion being moved.

The aboveA are a tained by my invention and others will here' inafter appear as the construct-ion is described by aid of the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of the combined jack and shitting truck as applied to an automobile which is shown by dotted lines;

'Figt 2 is a similar view sho-wing the jack' adjusted to raise the ground engaging wheels of the automobile otl of the ground;

Fig. 3 is a detail View showing'part of the power transmission mechanism as applied to a driven shaft ofthe auton'iobile;

Fig. i is a plan of the jack and shifting truck in the position shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an end View oiTone of the jacks;

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional View taken on few of the objects at-A 1924. Serial No. 703,861.

the line VI-VI of Fig. 2, showing one side of the shifting truck, and f Fig. T is across sectional view taken on the line VIL-VH of Fig. 2, showing both sides of the truck. y

-In the drawings. the reference numeral l denotesa conventional Yform of automobile having a front axle 2, a rear axle housing 3, and an engine driven shaft 4.

Depending -from the Jfront axle Q, adjacent the front steering wheels 5 are hangers (i and depending `from the rear axle housing 3, adjacent the rear wheels 'i' are hangers 2S, said hangers longitudinally alining with the hangers 6 so that the outer ends oi longitudinally alining sha-'Ets 8 and 9 may be journaled in said hangers. The coni'ront ing ends or said lobgitudinally alining shafts are loosely mounted in sieeves 1G journaled in hangers ll depending from the chassis frames l2 of the automobile and the ends of the sleeves l0 terminate in clutch members i3..

Hingedly connected to the outer ends ci the shafts 8 and 9, adjacent the hangers G and 2G are 'semi-circular wheel members adapted to cooperate in forming a wheei about each shai't and saidv wheel members are connected by springs 15 to a slid locking member 16 adapted to eng locking member 17 loose on each sh '5. The locking members 16 and li' are in enand when the locking member i6 is shifted away from the locking member 317, the wheel members 14 are swung or unfolded into common plane at a right angle to thel anis ci. the shaft to which said wheel members hinged.

The slidable locking members i6 are adapted to be shifted by cranks i8 supported by brackets 19 from the front axle 2 and the cranks 18 have rearwardiy extending rods 20 connected to cranks 2l and 22 on transverse rock shaft 23 journaied in brackets 24 forming )art of the hangers il.

Theroek sha t Q3 has other cranks @5i-A for shifting clutch members slidably-keyed on the shafts 8 Then the clutch members 25 are shifted into engagement with the clutch members 123 of the sleeves 143 the shafts 8, just referred to, are adapten to be drivemas will hereinafter appear.

The hangers 26 are provided with brach-4 -gagement with each other when the wheel vmembers 14 are folded, as shown in Fig. l,

ubbi' 3% keyed .0n ibe vii/'ith mi? mi:

Thu mii 29.

qu bodily siiiftii sidewis,

onfay one Uniek in am active position the opposite @mi nii ib@ auiimobiie may serve as :i pifm'r ii/hifi@ this; 'tracked end of abe mit@ mobiie is swung in an m2,

Wiiii bat-.b trucks in am active position the shan fi may be ii'rivsn. and by reason 0f the Giiiicb. membs 1&3 having been shifted into ongugmn: with tbe dutch members 42 simi: tanemisiy Wiih the placing of the trucks in acive positions, said tiiicks may be viven to wwe the iiiiomobl sidewise by @owen f is obvious that when he shaft 4 is 'noi ciiiven by power :1mi the trucks are iv :iciva pogiiom that tile aummobile may L manuali): pushed. Sida-Wise, just as though i Whe/iwi piafoim.

Lia lockiig mambes i6 am te i311 sized incident itc oiding the Wbeei mem- ,5. 'fbe coiiiiiiiizliioi'i with u Vebiie,l of Sets izii'y 'vf-mem by which the vclbic'e may be f-;iii'ifi@ii, mii hazing at me Side of said vehici@ im.' :MUM-ting nii ai said wiiovl msmbexs.

-i. 'i'ii cmiibimi'fion milled for in Chim 3, .i.'l.ci.,in Sami means iiicimies ievrs, cranks :imi mi wmbiimtiml of a4 viefbicie, iongi- Suppiii't'afi. under sind vehicie,

web @et miuptmi to b9. {ii-imm fmm- 'hingedly connected to said shafts and nofru mally folded, means for unfolding said Wheel members relative to said shafts, and locking means adapted to hold said Wheel members folded.

6. The combination of a vehicle, a folded two-part Wheel adjacent each Wheel of the vehicle, and means adapted for unfolding each two-part wheel to raise the vehicle oil' of the ground and permit of vthe vehicle f being moved by the two-part-Wheels.

Za The'combinaton called for in claim 6, 15

and means operatable from said Vehicle' ,f 'adapted for driving some of the two-part Wheels. l In tesim'ony whereof I ax myI signa,- ture in p'esence of two Witnesses.

v JOHN JOKISCH.

Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. DoRR. 

